We have separated the analysis for the provinces and the territories because there are significant differences in the cost of living and the nature of income security programs in the North. [...] As mentioned earlier, although we calculated the incomes in the territories using the same methodology that we used for the provinces, the provinces and territories are not directly comparable due to significant differences in the cost of living and the nature of income security programs in the North. [...] The two households with the least adequate welfare incomes were both in Nunavut, with the unattached single considered employable at 27 per cent of the MBM-N and 36 per cent of the MBM-N-DIP, and the unattached single with a disability at 34 per cent of the MBM-N and 45 per cent of the MBM-N-DIP. [...] The couple with two children in the Yukon had the most adequate welfare income at 99 per cent of the MBM-N, followed by the single parent with one child in the Yukon at 94 per cent of the MBM-N. [...] As with the single households, Nunavut had the least adequate welfare incomes for households with children, with the single with one parent at 35 per cent of the MBM-N and 46 per cent of the MBM-N-DIP, and the couple with two children at 41 per cent of the MBM-N and 55 per cent of the MBM-N-DIP.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction 5
- About Welfare in Canada 5
- Outline of the report 6
- Methodology 9
- Total welfare incomes 14
- Overview: Welfare incomes across Canada 15
- Alberta 42
- British Columbia 56
- Manitoba 69
- New Brunswick 82
- Newfoundland and Labrador 94
- Northwest Territories 107
- Nova Scotia 119
- Nunavut 131
- Ontario 143
- Prince Edward Island 155
- Quebec 168
- Saskatchewan 187
- Yukon 199
- Key features of social assistance 211
- Eligibility for Social Assistance: Assets and Income 212
- Indexation of benefits and credits 224
- Cost-of-living and shelter benefits breakdown 228
